Employer Profile: Cobalt sets out to be different kind of E&P company

By Rebecca Maitland, Jobs Correspondent |
November 14, 2013

Cobalt is expanding deepwater operations to include appraisal and development.

Cobalt keeps people, safety and core values at the forefront.

Cobalt keeps people, safety and core values at the forefront.

In 2005, Cobalt International Energy set out to be a different kind of oil exploration and production company.

In eight short years, Cobalt has successfully utilized its business model to bring together an experienced work force, state-of-the-art technology, the most current data, international partnerships and world-class investors.

The company focuses its operations in three key strategic deepwater basins being the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and Angola and Gabon, Africa, maintains a fit-for-purpose staff and keeps people, safety and the organization's core values at the forefront of everything it does.

Cobalt's success is attributed to its expertise, focus and core values, which provide the standards for how the company functions.

And this is an exciting time for Cobalt. In 2014, the company will continue to expand its exploration operations to include appraisal and development.

With such growth comes the need to increase its employee base. During the last eight years, Cobalt's staff has grown to nearly 200 employees working in Cobalt's Houston and Luanda, Angola offices, as well as offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and Angola.

From an exploration-led perspective, Cobalt has seven material discoveries to date.

In West Africa, Cobalt has led Pre-salt exploration by drilling the Cameia #1, Lontra #1 and Mavinga #1 Pre-salt discovery wells in offshore Angola and the Diaman #1 Pre-salt discovery well in offshore Gabon.

These were some of the first significant tests of the Pre-salt in those deepwater areas.

In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, where Cobalt pursues exploration in the subsalt basins, the company is drilling some of the deepest wells in the industry, including the North Platte #1 discovery well and the Ardennes #1 exploratory well, which range in depth from 30,000 to 36,000 feet. Cobalt's other discoveries in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico include Heidelberg and Shenandoah.

With an exciting future and an expanding scope of operations, Cobalt is looking for people who are passionate, innovative and flexible.

Cobalt has many available positions listed on its website. The corporate headquarters, the Cobalt Center, is in the Energy Corridor in the Memorial City area.